Gyula Illyés was a Hungarian poet and novelist. Born into a humble family of farm servants (his father was a mechanic of agricultural machines) on one of the big estates of Transdanubia, he was educat…
Born in Budapest in 1929, during World War II Imre Kertész was imprisoned at Auschwitz in 1944 and later at Buchenwald. After the war and repatriation, Kertész soon ended his brief career as a journal…
Danish writer and essayist Austro-German origin. Educated as a macroeconomist, Janne Teller worked for the United Nations and the European Union in resolving conflicts and humanitarian issues around th…
